Description

  • Bacopa /Brahmi is considered a very important healing plant in the traditional systems of medicine from India.
  • Its use is for improving memory/cognitive function
  • To treat insanity and epilepsy
  • To reduce neurosis, hypertension, and anxiety.
  • Bacopa is recommended in India as a tonic to slow down ageing.
  • It is used to treat asthma, kidney ailments, leprosy, tuberculosis, and skin diseases.
  • Externally, a paste made for the fresh plant is applied to treat elephantiasis and rheumatism.
  • The leaves and stems are used to treat snakebites in India.
  • Bacopa’s active constituents are a complex mixture of compounds known as “bacosides”.
  • These ingredients may have a protective effect upon nerve cells (neurons) and improve learning (cognitive) function.
  • For the reasons mentioned above, this plant may theoretically have an important role in the prevention or treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
  • Bacopa’s active ingredients may possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.